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41 let down
1) (to lower: She let down the blind.) stáhnout2) (to disappoint or fail to help when necessary etc: You must give a film show at the party - you can't let the children down (noun let-down); She felt he had let her down by not coming to see her perform.) zklamat, zradit3) (to make flat by allowing the air to escape: When he got back to his car, he found that some children had let his tyres down.) vypustit4) (to make longer: She had to let down the child's skirt.) popustit* * *• zklamat• oklamat• nechat na holičkách -
42 luxury
plural - luxuries; noun1) (great comfort usually amongst expensive things: They live in luxury; ( also adjective) gold jewellery and other luxury goods.) přepych; přepychový2) (something pleasant but not necessary, and often rare and expensive: We're going to give up all those luxuries and only spend money on essentials.) zbytečnost•- luxuriously
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43 niggardly
['niɡədli](not generous; unwilling to give or spend money: He's niggardly with his money; a niggardly gift.) lakomý, skoupý* * *• lakomě -
44 see through
1) (to give support to (a person, plan etc) until the end is reached: I'd like to see the job through.) podporovat až do konce2) (not to be deceived by (a person, trick etc): We soon saw through him and his little plan.) prohlédnout* * *• pochopit• prokouknout• prohlédnout -
45 set
[set] 1. present participle - setting; verb1) (to put or place: She set the tray down on the table.) položit2) (to put plates, knives, forks etc on (a table) for a meal: Please would you set the table for me?) prostřít3) (to settle or arrange (a date, limit, price etc): It's difficult to set a price on a book when you don't know its value.) stanovit4) (to give a person (a task etc) to do: The witch set the prince three tasks; The teacher set a test for her pupils; He should set the others a good example.) dát5) (to cause to start doing something: His behaviour set people talking.) přimět6) ((of the sun etc) to disappear below the horizon: It gets cooler when the sun sets.) zapadat7) (to become firm or solid: Has the concrete set?) ztuhnout8) (to adjust (eg a clock or its alarm) so that it is ready to perform its function: He set the alarm for 7.00 a.m.) nařídit9) (to arrange (hair) in waves or curls.) naondulovat10) (to fix in the surface of something, eg jewels in a ring.) zasadit11) (to put (broken bones) into the correct position for healing: They set his broken arm.) srovnat2. adjective1) (fixed or arranged previously: There is a set procedure for doing this.) stanovený2) ((often with on) ready, intending or determined (to do something): He is set on going.) rozhodnutý3) (deliberate: He had the set intention of hurting her.) promyšlený4) (stiff; fixed: He had a set smile on his face.) strnulý5) (not changing or developing: set ideas.) vyhraněný6) ((with with) having something set in it: a gold ring set with diamonds.) osazený3. noun1) (a group of things used or belonging together: a set of carving tools; a complete set of (the novels of) Jane Austen.) sada, soubor2) (an apparatus for receiving radio or television signals: a television/radio set.) přijímač3) (a group of people: the musical set.) skupina4) (the process of setting hair: a shampoo and set.) ondulace, účes5) (scenery for a play or film: There was a very impressive set in the final act.) výprava, dekorace6) (a group of six or more games in tennis: She won the first set and lost the next two.) set•- setting- setback
- set phrase
- set-square
- setting-lotion
- set-to
- set-up
- all set
- set about
- set someone against someone
- set against someone
- set someone against
- set against
- set aside
- set back
- set down
- set in
- set off
- set something or someone on someone
- set on someone
- set something or someone on
- set on
- set out
- set to
- set up
- set up camp
- set up house
- set up shop
- set upon* * *• ustanovit• umístit• určit• určovat• sbírka• sada• set/set/set• stanovit• souprava• komplet• napravit• množina• nařídit -
46 square
[skweə] 1. noun1) (a four-sided two-dimensional figure with all sides equal in length and all angles right angles.) čtverec2) (something in the shape of this.) čtverec3) (an open place in a town, with the buildings round it.) náměstí4) (the resulting number when a number is multiplied by itself: 3 × 3, or 32 = 9, so 9 is the square of 3.) dvojmocnina2. adjective1) (having the shape of a square or right angle: I need a square piece of paper; He has a short, square body / a square chin.) čtvercový; hranatý2) ((of business dealings, scores in games etc) level, even, fairly balanced etc: If I pay you an extra $5 shall we be (all) square?; Their scores are (all) square (= equal).) vyrovnaný3) (measuring a particular amount on all four sides: This piece of wood is two metres square.) čtvereční4) (old-fashioned: square ideas about clothes.) zastaralý3. adverb1) (at right angles, or in a square shape: The carpet is not cut square with the corner.) v pravém úhlu2) (firmly and directly: She hit him square on the point of the chin.) rovnou4. verb1) (to give a square shape to or make square.) upravit do čtverce2) (to settle, pay etc (an account, debt etc): I must square my account with you.) vyrovnat3) (to (cause to) fit or agree: His story doesn't square with the facts.) být v souladu4) (to multiply a number by itself: Two squared is four.) umocnit•- squared- squarely
- square centimetre
- metre
- square root
- fair and square
- go back to square one
- a square deal* * *• hranatý• náměstí• druhá mocnina• čtverec• čtvereční -
47 tap
I 1. [tæp] noun(a quick touch or light knock or blow: I heard a tap at the door.) (za)ťukání2. verb((often with at, on or with) to give a light knock (on or with something): He tapped at/on the window.) (za)ťukat- tap-dancer II 1. [tæp] noun((American faucet) any of several types of device (usually with a handle and valve that can be shut or opened) for controlling the flow of liquid or gas from a pipe, barrel etc: Turn the tap off/on!) kohoutek2. verb1) (to start using (a source, supply etc): The country has many rich resources that have not been tapped.) (vy)těžit2) (to attach a device to (someone's telephone wires) in order to be able to listen to his telephone conversations: My phone was being tapped.) odposlouchávat* * *• ťukat• vybrat• zaťukat• zvolit• klepnout• kohoutek -
48 torture
['to: ə] 1. verb(to treat (someone) cruelly or painfully, as a punishment, or in order to make him/her confess something, give information etc: He tortured his prisoners; She was tortured by rheumatism/jealousy.) týrat, trápit2. noun1) (the act or practice of torturing: The king would not permit torture.) mučení2) ((something causing) great suffering: the torture of waiting to be executed.) muka* * *• mučit• mučení -
49 undivided
((of attention etc) not distracted; wholly concentrated: Please give the matter your undivided attention.) plný, soustředěný* * *• nerozdělený -
50 put a good face on it
(to give the appearance of being satisfied etc with something when one is not: Now it's done we'll have to put a good face on it.) nevšímat si, tvářit se jako by se nic nestalo -
51 put/throw (someone) off the scent
(to give (a person) wrong information so that he will not find the person, thing etc he is looking for: She told the police a lie in order to throw them off the scent.) svést ze stopyEnglish-Czech dictionary > put/throw (someone) off the scent
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52 put/throw (someone) off the scent
(to give (a person) wrong information so that he will not find the person, thing etc he is looking for: She told the police a lie in order to throw them off the scent.) svést ze stopyEnglish-Czech dictionary > put/throw (someone) off the scent
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53 security risk
(a person considered not safe to be given a job involving knowledge of secrets because he might give secret information to an enemy etc.) nespolehlivá osoba
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